Chevrolet's new explorer has been warming up for a long time, and this year's GM models will accelerate the transformation, and the sales task is more difficult for the Chevrolet brand that takes the cost-effective route. Therefore, the core positioning of the new explorer is the "king of joint ventures", which is also a sign of confirming that the price war will be fought.
In terms of product power, as a major replacement model, the new Explorer not only brings a classic oil car, but also brings a new plug-in hybrid version, named Explorer Plus, in addition to being the core highlight of the 1.5T plug-in hybrid, the body has also been further lengthened.
In fact, the most important thing in the domestic SUV field is new energy vehicles, in the market, the opponents faced by the explorer Plus also include Song PRO, Galaxy L7 and Xiaolong MAX, etc., which puts forward a lot of tests for the product strength of the explorer Plus, to put it bluntly, the strength is not good, you just want to fight the price war and can't move. Let's take a look at the product settings of the new car.
In terms of length, the Explorer Plus has been lengthened to 4653 mm, which is 11 mm more than the standard version, and the wheelbase is 2730 mm, which is 5 mm more.
The design is the same layout as the standard version, which is a rectangular grille with a belt-type chrome trim, the middle grille is replaced with a wavy line shape modification, and the two sides are 7-figure split headlights, showing a lot of hard-core feeling, and the RS version has sports trim to enhance the sense of running.
In terms of appearance, the Explorer Plus still presents more of a hard-core style, which still has some unique personality in the new energy SUV camp, which is not a big advantage.
In terms of the car, the configuration keeps up slightly, giving a suspended large screen and a pocket block, and the configuration highlights have 121 color atmosphere lights, and the focus is on the intelligent cockpit, giving the Snapdragon 8155 chip, and the intelligent driving is the L2 level ADAS system, which has also reached the level of the same level of domestic cars.
As for the power, this set of 1.5T plug-in hybrid, Chevrolet also claims to be the strongest joint venture, quite sincere, and the transmission is matched with 2DHT, of which the engine bursts out of 127 kilowatts, the motor erupts 140 kilowatts, and the fuel consumption is 5.97 liters, with a 16.5-degree lithium iron phosphate battery, corresponding to a pure electric range of 80 kilometers.
As a compact SUV, this performance can indeed be whirring and running, thanks to the large motor, there is also a good acceleration performance in the case of feeding, and the shortcoming is that the fuel economy is slightly insufficient.
On the whole, although the Explorer PLUS upgrade is large this time, it is difficult to show highlights compared to Song PRO and other cars, and it is slightly weak in size and fuel consumption, but as Chevrolet said, the car is in the joint venture car, compared with Envision S and the new Tiguan L can indeed be fully suppressed. In terms of timing, the new car will make its debut at the Beijing Auto Show at the end of April, and is tentatively scheduled to be officially launched in May-June.